Nurse Killed in Road Crash; County Toll Climbs to Five
Mrs. Murphy Killed Instantly on Highway 151
Apparently Fell Asleep Prior to Culvert Collision
Silver Lake- Mrs. Leona Vetting Murphy, 39, a registered nurse, was killed instantly early Friday when her automobile crashed into a culvert on Highway 151 about two miles west of here. Her death was the second traffic fatality reported in Manitowoc County within a week and the fifth so far in 1959. There were also five road deaths at this time a year ago. George C. Stehling, 25, of Milwaukee,
died in the wreckage of his sports car which skidded into a power pole at Mishicot late Saturday night.
Mrs. Murphy, employed in the offices of Doctors William and Robert Randolph at 1119 Marshall St.. Manitowoc, apparently fell asleep at the wheel while driving alone to her home located about a mile west of the accident scene. Evidence indicated that the car gradually ran off the left side of the highway for about 100 yards before striking the culvert
at an angle.
Side Sheared off
The impact sheared off the left side of the 1956 model Chevrolet two door sedan and hurled the driver into the rear section, county traffic police said. After bouncing off the culvert, the vehicle skidded another 55 feet and came to rest sideways in the westbound traffic lane. Dr. Theodore Teitgen, county coroner, said death was instantaneous and resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage due to a skull fracture. The victim also suffered severe fractures of both legs and other injuries. He indicated that there would be no inquest.
Time of the accident was fixed at about 2:15 a.m. Traffic Officer Wilfred Christianson discovered the wreckage as he was on the way to his home at Valders after completing a work shift. Mrs. Murphy had attended a nurses convention at New Holstein earlier in the day but left there at 7:30 p.m. to interview a prospect interested in buying her home on Rt. 1, Manitowoc. Her movements after that time were not immediately accounted for, Doctor Teitgen said. It was known that Mrs. Murphy had made plans to move to Rochester, Minn., to accept a new job.
Army Nurse
Mrs. Murphy was born in the Town of Manitowoc Rapids Feb. 17, 1920, daughter of the late Walter and Charlotte Tech Vetting. She attended rural school, St. John Lutheran Parochial School and was graduated from Lincoln High School, Manitowoc, in 1938. She was graduated from Holy Family School of Nursing in 1941.
Mrs. Murphy entered the armed forces March 23, 1943, as a First Lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corp., 3612 Gardner General Hospital, and was discharged on March of 1945. She was a member of the Office Nurses Section of the Wisconsin Nurses Assn., 12th District.
She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Milton Schwalbe of Rt. 1, Manitowoc, Mrs. O. Conrad Helgeson of Manitowoc and Mrs. Guy Hoveland of Madison, Minn. Her father died in 1955 and her mother a year later.
Funeral servies will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Newtonburg. The Rev. A. T. Degner will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Friends may call ar Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc until 11 a.m. Saturday when the casket will be moved to the church where the body will lie in state until the hour of service.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Friday, May 15, 1959
[d. 05-15-1959/age 39 yrs./cause: skull fracture-
cerebral hemorrhage/bur. on O. Conrad Helgeson lot]
Mrs. Murphy Killed Instantly on Highway 151
Apparently Fell Asleep Prior to Culvert Collision
Silver Lake- Mrs. Leona Vetting Murphy, 39, a registered nurse, was killed instantly early Friday when her automobile crashed into a culvert on Highway 151 about two miles west of here. Her death was the second traffic fatality reported in Manitowoc County within a week and the fifth so far in 1959. There were also five road deaths at this time a year ago. George C. Stehling, 25, of Milwaukee,
died in the wreckage of his sports car which skidded into a power pole at Mishicot late Saturday night.
Mrs. Murphy, employed in the offices of Doctors William and Robert Randolph at 1119 Marshall St.. Manitowoc, apparently fell asleep at the wheel while driving alone to her home located about a mile west of the accident scene. Evidence indicated that the car gradually ran off the left side of the highway for about 100 yards before striking the culvert
at an angle.
Side Sheared off
The impact sheared off the left side of the 1956 model Chevrolet two door sedan and hurled the driver into the rear section, county traffic police said. After bouncing off the culvert, the vehicle skidded another 55 feet and came to rest sideways in the westbound traffic lane. Dr. Theodore Teitgen, county coroner, said death was instantaneous and resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage due to a skull fracture. The victim also suffered severe fractures of both legs and other injuries. He indicated that there would be no inquest.
Time of the accident was fixed at about 2:15 a.m. Traffic Officer Wilfred Christianson discovered the wreckage as he was on the way to his home at Valders after completing a work shift. Mrs. Murphy had attended a nurses convention at New Holstein earlier in the day but left there at 7:30 p.m. to interview a prospect interested in buying her home on Rt. 1, Manitowoc. Her movements after that time were not immediately accounted for, Doctor Teitgen said. It was known that Mrs. Murphy had made plans to move to Rochester, Minn., to accept a new job.
Army Nurse
Mrs. Murphy was born in the Town of Manitowoc Rapids Feb. 17, 1920, daughter of the late Walter and Charlotte Tech Vetting. She attended rural school, St. John Lutheran Parochial School and was graduated from Lincoln High School, Manitowoc, in 1938. She was graduated from Holy Family School of Nursing in 1941.
Mrs. Murphy entered the armed forces March 23, 1943, as a First Lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corp., 3612 Gardner General Hospital, and was discharged on March of 1945. She was a member of the Office Nurses Section of the Wisconsin Nurses Assn., 12th District.
She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Milton Schwalbe of Rt. 1, Manitowoc, Mrs. O. Conrad Helgeson of Manitowoc and Mrs. Guy Hoveland of Madison, Minn. Her father died in 1955 and her mother a year later.
Funeral servies will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Newtonburg. The Rev. A. T. Degner will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Friends may call ar Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc until 11 a.m. Saturday when the casket will be moved to the church where the body will lie in state until the hour of service.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Friday, May 15, 1959
[d. 05-15-1959/age 39 yrs./cause: skull fracture-
cerebral hemorrhage/bur. on O. Conrad Helgeson lot]
Nurse Killed in Road Crash; County Toll Climbs to Five
Mrs. Murphy Killed Instantly on Highway 151
Apparently Fell Asleep Prior to Culvert Collision
Silver Lake- Mrs. Leona Vetting Murphy, 39, a registered nurse, was killed instantly early Friday when her automobile crashed into a culvert on Highway 151 about two miles west of here. Her death was the second traffic fatality reported in Manitowoc County within a week and the fifth so far in 1959. There were also five road deaths at this time a year ago. George C. Stehling, 25, of Milwaukee,
died in the wreckage of his sports car which skidded into a power pole at Mishicot late Saturday night.
Mrs. Murphy, employed in the offices of Doctors William and Robert Randolph at 1119 Marshall St.. Manitowoc, apparently fell asleep at the wheel while driving alone to her home located about a mile west of the accident scene. Evidence indicated that the car gradually ran off the left side of the highway for about 100 yards before striking the culvert
at an angle.
Side Sheared off
The impact sheared off the left side of the 1956 model Chevrolet two door sedan and hurled the driver into the rear section, county traffic police said. After bouncing off the culvert, the vehicle skidded another 55 feet and came to rest sideways in the westbound traffic lane. Dr. Theodore Teitgen, county coroner, said death was instantaneous and resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage due to a skull fracture. The victim also suffered severe fractures of both legs and other injuries. He indicated that there would be no inquest.
Time of the accident was fixed at about 2:15 a.m. Traffic Officer Wilfred Christianson discovered the wreckage as he was on the way to his home at Valders after completing a work shift. Mrs. Murphy had attended a nurses convention at New Holstein earlier in the day but left there at 7:30 p.m. to interview a prospect interested in buying her home on Rt. 1, Manitowoc. Her movements after that time were not immediately accounted for, Doctor Teitgen said. It was known that Mrs. Murphy had made plans to move to Rochester, Minn., to accept a new job.
Army Nurse
Mrs. Murphy was born in the Town of Manitowoc Rapids Feb. 17, 1920, daughter of the late Walter and Charlotte Tech Vetting. She attended rural school, St. John Lutheran Parochial School and was graduated from Lincoln High School, Manitowoc, in 1938. She was graduated from Holy Family School of Nursing in 1941.
Mrs. Murphy entered the armed forces March 23, 1943, as a First Lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corp., 3612 Gardner General Hospital, and was discharged on March of 1945. She was a member of the Office Nurses Section of the Wisconsin Nurses Assn., 12th District.
She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Milton Schwalbe of Rt. 1, Manitowoc, Mrs. O. Conrad Helgeson of Manitowoc and Mrs. Guy Hoveland of Madison, Minn. Her father died in 1955 and her mother a year later.
Funeral servies will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Newtonburg. The Rev. A. T. Degner will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Friends may call ar Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc until 11 a.m. Saturday when the casket will be moved to the church where the body will lie in state until the hour of service.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Friday, May 15, 1959
[d. 05-15-1959/age 39 yrs./cause: skull fracture-
cerebral hemorrhage/bur. on O. Conrad Helgeson lot]
Mrs. Murphy Killed Instantly on Highway 151
Apparently Fell Asleep Prior to Culvert Collision
Silver Lake- Mrs. Leona Vetting Murphy, 39, a registered nurse, was killed instantly early Friday when her automobile crashed into a culvert on Highway 151 about two miles west of here. Her death was the second traffic fatality reported in Manitowoc County within a week and the fifth so far in 1959. There were also five road deaths at this time a year ago. George C. Stehling, 25, of Milwaukee,
died in the wreckage of his sports car which skidded into a power pole at Mishicot late Saturday night.
Mrs. Murphy, employed in the offices of Doctors William and Robert Randolph at 1119 Marshall St.. Manitowoc, apparently fell asleep at the wheel while driving alone to her home located about a mile west of the accident scene. Evidence indicated that the car gradually ran off the left side of the highway for about 100 yards before striking the culvert
at an angle.
Side Sheared off
The impact sheared off the left side of the 1956 model Chevrolet two door sedan and hurled the driver into the rear section, county traffic police said. After bouncing off the culvert, the vehicle skidded another 55 feet and came to rest sideways in the westbound traffic lane. Dr. Theodore Teitgen, county coroner, said death was instantaneous and resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage due to a skull fracture. The victim also suffered severe fractures of both legs and other injuries. He indicated that there would be no inquest.
Time of the accident was fixed at about 2:15 a.m. Traffic Officer Wilfred Christianson discovered the wreckage as he was on the way to his home at Valders after completing a work shift. Mrs. Murphy had attended a nurses convention at New Holstein earlier in the day but left there at 7:30 p.m. to interview a prospect interested in buying her home on Rt. 1, Manitowoc. Her movements after that time were not immediately accounted for, Doctor Teitgen said. It was known that Mrs. Murphy had made plans to move to Rochester, Minn., to accept a new job.
Army Nurse
Mrs. Murphy was born in the Town of Manitowoc Rapids Feb. 17, 1920, daughter of the late Walter and Charlotte Tech Vetting. She attended rural school, St. John Lutheran Parochial School and was graduated from Lincoln High School, Manitowoc, in 1938. She was graduated from Holy Family School of Nursing in 1941.
Mrs. Murphy entered the armed forces March 23, 1943, as a First Lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corp., 3612 Gardner General Hospital, and was discharged on March of 1945. She was a member of the Office Nurses Section of the Wisconsin Nurses Assn., 12th District.
She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Milton Schwalbe of Rt. 1, Manitowoc, Mrs. O. Conrad Helgeson of Manitowoc and Mrs. Guy Hoveland of Madison, Minn. Her father died in 1955 and her mother a year later.
Funeral servies will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Newtonburg. The Rev. A. T. Degner will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Friends may call ar Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc until 11 a.m. Saturday when the casket will be moved to the church where the body will lie in state until the hour of service.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Friday, May 15, 1959
[d. 05-15-1959/age 39 yrs./cause: skull fracture-
cerebral hemorrhage/bur. on O. Conrad Helgeson lot]
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